Sven Lokka

{{Short description|Russian Finnish painter and writer (1924–2008)}}

Sven Lokka, pen name Oskar Talvi ({{langx|ru|Свен Петрович Ло́кко}}, Sven Petrovich Lokko) ( March 3, 1924 – November 15, 2008) was a Soviet and Russian Finnish writer and painter.Sergey Shiryayev, [https://murman.tv/news-n-9423--3-marta-ispolnyaetsya-99-let-so-dnya-rozhdeniya-pisatelya-i-hudozhnika-svena-lokko 3 марта исполняется 99 лет со дня рождения писателя и художника Свена Локко][https://www.hs.fi/muistot/art-2000002628120.html Sven Lokka][https://tour.citymurmansk.ru/contact/19-novosti/1142-finskie-poselentsy-na-murmane-kartiny-svena-lokko Финские поселенцы на Мурмане, картины Свена Локко][https://yle.fi/a/3-6120074 Taitelija Sven Lokka kuollut]

He lost his father during the Great Purge. During the Winter War, he, together with other "foreign nationals", was forcibly resettled from Murmansk Oblast to Karelia during the Soviet campaign of cleansing the border regions of undesirables. In his books he described the experience of Murmansk Finns.{{Cite web|url=https://yle.fi/uutiset/3-11032865|title=Stalin tapatti lähes kaikki Muurmannin suomalaiset keskitysleireillä – alueen ihmisten tarinat tulevat vihdoin julkisuuteen|date=31 October 2019 }}

He was one of the three persons presented in the documentary Historian unohtamat – tarina Muurmannin rannan viimeisistä suomalaisista (Forgotten by history - the story of the last Finns on the Murmansk coast)[https://yle.fi/aihe/artikkeli/2019/09/23/historian-unohtamat-tarina-muurmannin-rannan-viimeisista-suomalaisista Historian unohtamat – tarina Muurmannin rannan viimeisistä suomalaisista]